Podcasts and Open Content

In the attached 16 minute recording, we'll hear from Open University's Director of Strategic Development, Joel Greenberg.  Listen in as he discusses a range of topics including, among other things, Open University's interest in Moodle.


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 13 minute recording, Bill Hogue sits down with the Carnegie Foundation's Toru Iiyoshi for a discussion about the Keep Toolkit, the Spellings Report, and much more.

In this 13 minute interview, we'll hear from author, futurist and inventor, Ray Kurzweil.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on open source, open content, voice recognition and more. 

For more information, visit:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/

See Also:

• The singularity is near
• FAB

In this 18 minute recording, we'll hear from Al Essa, Associate Vice Chancellor & Deputy CIO at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Listen in as he shares some thoughts on the Spellings report, patents, and Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns.

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from Terri Bays, OCW Project Director at the University of Notre Dame. Listen in as she shares some thoughts on open courseware, institutional repositories and more.

In this 18 minute recording, Bill Hogue sits down with MIT's Patrick Dreher for a discussion about research computing, cyberinfrastructure, and open content.

See also:

• A Baseline Study on IT Engagement in Research
• The Net@EDU Campus Cyberinfrastructure Working Group

In this 16 minute recording, we'll hear from acting group leader of the National Research Council of Canada's CISTI Research.  Let's listen in as Glen Newton compares and contrasts the superstructures supporting research in the US and Canada, shares thoughts about Canada's National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data, and offers some commentary on the open source, open content and open access.


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2005 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 29 minute recording, we'll hear from José-Marie Griffiths, Dean and Professor of the UNC School of Information and Library Sciences.  She's also the principal investigator of The Future of Librarians in the Workforce study and we'll hear about her activities on that front.   We'll also learn about her session at CNI's Fall Task Force meeting about a recent report from the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee.

See also:

• The Louis Round Wilson Academy
  - a very interesting group represented there
• ibiblio

In this 20 minute interview, we'll hear from Brian Lamb, Project Coordinator at the University of British Columbia as he shares thoughts on blogs, podcasts, wikis, aggRSSive, and the potential for Creative Commons in academia.   Brian's weblog is available at Abject Learning.

In the attached recording, Matt and I join Carl Berger in a wide ranging and entertaining conversation that we recorded on October 19th.  This 25 minute interview address blogs, wikis, podcasting and myriad of other topics that might pique your interest.